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October 9, 2016

Russia vetoes UN resolution on Syria truce

Russia on Saturday vetoed a draft UN Security Council resolution submitted by France that proposed restoring a cessation of hostilities in Syria’s Aleppo. Moscow submitted a draft resolution of...

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October 9, 2016

UN, US outraged after deadly Yemen attack

United Nations aid envoy Stephen O’Brien said he was “horrified and extremely disturbed” by an attack on a funeral ceremony in Yemen that killed more than 140 victims late Saturday....

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October 8, 2016

Kurdish car bomb plot foiled near Ankara

Two militants believed to be preparing a car bomb attack detonated explosives and were killed near Ankara today after Turkish police told them to surrender, the provincial governor said....

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October 8, 2016

UN calls on Iran to release prisoners held on dubious charges

The United Nations human rights investigator for Iran called yesterday for the immediate release of three Iranians with dual nationality whose health is a matter of concern. Ahmed Shaheed,...

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October 8, 2016

Houthis kill top Yemeni general

A top general loyal to Yemeni President Abd Rabbuh Mansour Hadi’s government has been killed in fighting with Iran-aligned Houthi troops east of the capital Sana’a, sources on both...

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October 8, 2016

Daesh goes on the offensive against Syrian opposition

Daesh militants captured several villages from Syrian opposition groups in a counter-attack near the Turkish border that forced them to retreat, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR) reported...

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October 8, 2016

Israeli forces question Palestinian woman for 12 hours before arrest

Israeli occupation forces have interrogated a Palestinian woman from the occupied West Bank city of Bethlehem for 12 hours before arresting her for “security reasons”, local media reported on...
October 8, 2016

Women’s Boat to Gaza participants going home

The Women’s Boat to Gaza (WBG) group of activists who were intercepted by Israeli naval forces earlier this week as they tried to break the siege on Gaza are...

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October 8, 2016

Daesh retakes territory in Iraq

Daesh fighters have successfully managed to retake territory from the Iraqi Security Forces (ISF) after a brief yet “large and powerful” assault last night forced the ISF to withdraw...

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October 8, 2016

Protests against Jordan-Israel gas deal continue

Jordanians continued their protests against their government’s natural gas deal with Israel, Safa news agency reported on Friday. Calls were again made for the $10 billion deal, signed at...

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